Will County Gazette

Village of Crete President and Board of Trustees met Jan. 22.

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

CITIZENS SPEAK:

Visitors are always welcome to all public meetings of the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Crete. Interested parties wishing to speak should identify their intent to speak, they then may give their name and where they reside if they so choose and then make their comment. Persons may also provide their address privately to the Village Clerk if they so choose; persons are advised that addresses are considered private information under the Freedom of Information Act and thus are exempt from disclosure pursuant to any Freedom of Information Act request. However, in order to give proper consideration to all items on the agenda, the President has the authority to limit participants in debates and will close repetitive or abusive remarks. In addition, public comment rules are posted in the board room.

• Renee Chavez , Crete Park District requesting a discussion or inquiry on how the Village would prefer the district to move forward on several items

APPROVAL OF AGENDA:

Special orders:

UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGENDA

All items on the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine in nature and will be enacted in one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a board member so requests, in which event, the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and will be considered separately.

• Approval of Minutes : Regular Board Meeting – January 9th, 2024

• Approval of Bills January 8, 2024 thru January 19, 2024

• Ratification of Payroll - Bi-weekly payroll ending January 17, 2024

REPORTS: PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEES:

Public Health – Trustee Katrina Seifert

Water Department – Trustee Stephen Johnson

Road and Bridge – Trustee Steve Bruns

Building and Grounds – Trustee John Phelan

Finance, License and Ordinance – Trustee Mark Wiater

Public Safety – Trustee Holly Milburn

President Michael Einhorn –

COMMITTEE AND DEPARTMENT REPORTS:

Village Administrator – Michael Smith

Police Department – Chief Scott Pieritz – Report Submitted

Fire Department –

Superintendent of Public Works – Justin Pancrazio – Report submitted

Building Department – Building Inspector Mike Smith – Report submitted

Code Enforcement – Code Enforcement Supervisor Marty Braccio

Fire & Police Commission – Jim McPhee

EMA – Marty Braccio

Animal Control/Code Enforcement Officer – Ryan Allison

Planning Commission – Karen Tellef

Heritage & Architecture Commission – Phyllis Monks

Media Consultant – Nick Borrell

• Save the Date: Plan to attend the 35th Annual Spotlight Gala on Saturday, May 11th, 2024 from 6 – 10 pm. Tinley Park Convention Center. Fundraiser supporting the South Suburban Humane Society. Contact Emily at emily@sshspets.ccsend.com

OLD BUSINESS:

1. Ordinance No. 2024- : An Ordinance amending Chapter 2 (Administration), Article II. (Board of Trustees), Sections 2-26 through 2-31 (Reserved) of the Crete Village Code of Ordinances. Board action may be taken.

2. Consideration, discussion and possible approval to enter into a service agreement for website maintenance. Board action may be taken.

NEW BUSINESS:

EXECUTIVE SESSION:

ADJOURNMENT:

NEXT MEETING ACTIVITY: The next regular Village Board Meeting will be held at the Municipal Building on February 12, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.

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